PT112 · S4 · Q18 People who have political power

We never talked about "new ways of justifying current political power", but that sounds like it potentially belongs to the category of ethical ingenuity. A lot of ethical arguments are made in order to rationalize and tolerate the current power structure. The author is arguing that ethical inventiveness brings only pain, but this answer is speaking to a situation where it brought benefit to the innovator.

The author doesn't care whether these two things are always separate, always together, or somewhere in between. I can say "Exercise usually brings benefits to those who engage in it, whereas excessive drinking brings only harm to those who have this behavior." That doesn't preclude the possibility of people who bring benefit to themselves while exercising each day and then bring harm to themselves each night by drinking too much.

We had a premise that said powerful people see new technologies usually as a means of extending / protecting their power. Meanwhile, this answer is saying that new technologies often are used by people trying to subvert the powerful. So this answer seems to undermine the author's premise.

This answer strengthens somewhat, because it adds plausibility to the claim that ethical ingenuity brings only pain to those who have it. But when we compare this to the correct answer, it loses on two levels: 1) The correct answer deals with both halves of the conclusion. This answer only deals with the 2nd half. 2) This answer is weaker in terms of strength of language. "Many" means something unspecific like "at least 5-10 people". The correct answer uses "tend to" which refers to "more than 50% of cases".